Biography of Yann Alix

Yann Alix is a partner in Ashurst’s global energy and resources practice, and is the Head of Ashurst’s Africa Group. He is qualified in England and Wales and in France, and specialises in M&A transactions in the African resources sector, having worked in more than 30 different African jurisdictions in North and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Yann primarily acts for companies active in Africa, as well as for African Governments. In addition to his M&A expertise, Yann has extensive experience of negotiating the full suite of commercial and operational agreements required to operate resources projects, including host state
agreements, joint venture agreements and offtake agreements.
He has been recognised by clients for being a “very commercial corporate partner with an unrivalled knowledge of the African market”, as well as for his “attention, responsiveness and exceptional knowledge of on-the-ground, practical issues”.

Ashurst has hired a tax lawyer from Linklaters to join its Munich funds practice. Jasmin Gütle, also a qualified tax advisor, spent 13 years with the Magic Circle firm within the tax department, advising on fund investments.

Nataline Fleury has joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in Paris from Ashurst where she was head of its employment practice. She is joined by Ashurst associates Claire-Marie Hincelin and Charline Cosmao.

London-headquartered Ashurst has created an intense fintech accelerator programme, Fintech Legal Labs, which will be run from 20th to 22nd November, with the aim of providing fintech companies with legal support and access to investors.

A report by Ashurst and UK Finance has revealed that the Senior Managers and Certification Regime has created ‘meaningful change’ in financial institutions, but, as predicted by many, the industry has become more risk averse.

Departing FTI Consulting after more than a decade is Phil Smith, who has been recruited to Ashurst’s e-discovery team in Melbourne, Australia, while the firm has boosted its white-collar crime expertise in London.

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